Mark 2:23 References
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aAnd it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while bpicking the heads of grain.
a Matthew 12:1-8, Luke 6:1-5
Matthew 12
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aAt that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples became hungry and began to bpick the heads of grain and eat.
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But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, "Look, Your disciples do what ais not lawful to do on a Sabbath."
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But He said to them, "Have you not read what David did when he became hungry, he and his companions,
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how he entered the house of God, and athey ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for him to eat nor for those with him, but for the priests alone?
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"Or have you not read in the Law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and are innocent?
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"But if you had known what this means, 'aI DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT A SACRIFICE,' you would not have condemned the innocent.
Luke 6
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aNow it happened that He was passing through some grainfields on a Sabbath; and His disciples bwere picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating the grain.
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And Jesus answering them said, "Have you not even read awhat David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him,
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how he entered the house of God, and took and ate the consecrated bread which ais not lawful for any to eat except the priests alone, and gave it to his companions?"
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And He was saying to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."